”;Residents back curfew,”; Star-Bulletin, April 6: Kalihi Valley Homes has a right to put an outdoor curfew on non-residents, and from what I'm reading, the residents seem to agree that it's outsiders who are the late-night troublemakers. That would be an appropriate—and legal—measure. Even the KVH administration has said repeatedly that this is a temporary measure. That indicates to me that they themselves are uncertain about its legality. And they should be. I'll bet if it gets to court, it'll be found unconstitutional.

Perhaps the pendulum has swung too far for the ACLU when they see “;house arrest”; where those “;under house arrest”; see safety. Maybe ACLU attorney Daniel Gluck needs to get out of his ivory tower and spend some time living there to learn the difference.

”;Punahou video whiz quizzes first lady about obesity,”; Star-Bulletin, April 7: How is the student's exercise being affected by the furloughs? How simple to implement a exercise regime on your own time. After you graduate, you are on your own anyway. Can't cling to school forever. 

This young man is not “;blaming”; Furlough Fridays for childhood obesity. Thinking about the furloughs was just a jumping off point. He thought about what the students would be missing and carried it from there. We should all applaud Matthew and congratulate him for a job well done.

Seems like the new generation only exercises the thumbs when they do that texting thing non-stop, all day long. Every passing generation is getting much more inactive.

”;Isle GOP signals it may drop support for Akaka Bill,”; Star-Bulletin, April 6: We must all oppose passage of the Akaka Bill, which will establish apartheid in Hawaii. No more racial segregation in Hawaii. All people are equal under the law and under God.

Zogby's poll of Hawaii voters just a few months ago reveals that 76 percent of people don't want to pay higher taxes just so the state Office of Hawaiian Affairs can form a government. By a 5-to-3 ratio, local folks oppose the Akaka Bill. Fifty-eight percent want to have a vote at the ballot box before any OHA government can be created; 60 percent of folks believe that the ceded lands belong to ALL the people of Hawaii; and a plurality of those surveyed say that the Akaka Bill is racially discriminatory. And these results come after OHA has already spent millions of taxpayer dollars on TV advertising and lobbying to get what it wants: a big new government to call its own.

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